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Re: consciousness and self-awareness

by Günther Greindl :: Rate this Message:

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Brian,

Tononi's information integration view of consciousness might fit your bill.

Overview:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun08/6315

Paper (open access):
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/5/42

Cheers,
Günther

Brian Tenneson wrote:

> Dear Everything List,
>
> Tegmark mentioned in an article the idea of self-aware structures, SAS.  
> He wrote that the search for such structures is ongoing, i.e., he
> postulated the existence of such structures without giving examples.
>
> I'm wondering if consciousness and self-awareness has been
> "mathematized" somewhere, preferably in documents I can download without
> academic affiliation / subscription.
>
> I'm inclined to thing agents might be a pathway to this end, as well as
> what David Wolpert is calling a device.
>
> Do any of the formalizations come close to being reflective of human
> consciousness?  In other words a mathematical model of human consciousness?
>
> Thank you.
>
> >
>

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Günther Greindl
Department of Philosophy of Science
University of Vienna
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Blog: http://www.complexitystudies.org/
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